said by ajmorgan:When Charter implements all digital, or any of the other providers for that matter, I can assume that all of my viewing will be recorded in a database. It seems like they will record what channels were watched, for how long, and by which set top box as well. The information could be sold to advertisers along with my email address. Or, viewing habits can reveal political or religious views based on the viewing profile. I also suppose there will be policies that supposedly control that in addition to promises.
But I wonder if there are any technical ways to put teeth into those promises - say by blocking or confusing that information?
If they use that data, they have to disclose it. And, if they do I can guarantee it will be anonymized at least to the zip code level (IE: they'll know X number of people watched American Idol in a certain zip code, but that's as specific as they'll get)
A quick reading of their privacy policy states that's the extent of how they use your data. It also says you can opt-out of having your name included on mailing lists, but those mailing lists won't include your viewing habits
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www.charter.com/browse/c ··· tprivacyJust read that carefully. They have to disclose how they use your data.
